Friday, April 22, 2011

When it comes to spending time enjoying the outdoors and nature, there is an endless list as to what makes our National Parks so great. Every year, there are hundreds of millions of people who visit them to enjoy their beauty and preserving these landscapes for generations to come is something that we can all be a part of.

Fortunately, there are amazing companies like Energizer who are committed to helping the National Park Foundation and are dedicated to their plans and the National Parks Program... and now they want to get all of us involved as well.

Having teamed up with the National Park Foundation to launch a public effort to power and preserve America’s national parks, Energizer and outdoor enthusiast, Peter Facinelli (of The Twilight Saga and Nurse Jackie) are currently launching this noteworthy program. Not only bringing awareness to the importance of preserving our country’s greatest natural resources, but the National Parks Program also gives people a number of ways to get involved:

National Park Week

This past week (from April 16 through April 24), the country has been celebrating National Park Week. Not only can everyone receive free admission to all national parks this week, but people can also text BUNNY to 27722 to trigger a $1 donation from Energizer to the National Park Foundation, up to $50,000. Energizer’s goal is to donate $400,000 to the National Park Foundation this spring, and the public can help them get there.

Product Purchase

Right now in stores specially-marked Energizer products contain a special code so when someone buys three participating products, he or she can go online to www.nowthatspositivenergy.com/blogs and redeem the codes for a $10 reward toward a national park adventure or elect for Energizer to donate the reward directly to the National Park Foundation.

Get Hands On

For the people who prefer to get more hands-on, they can RSVP to join a now that’s positivenergy™ national park volunteer event by visiting www.nowthatspositivenergy.com/blogs or facebook.com/energizerbunny and clicking on the Parks tab. While there, visitors also have the power to select one of the park recipients through an online vote, which runs from Monday, April 18, through Friday, May 13. Each park hosting an event will receive a grant from Energizer and a donation of responsible power solutions including solar panels, chargers, batteries, solar lights and other lighting products.

And, thanks to the generosity of Energizer, one person can not only help the national parks but do a little shopping in the meantime, because...

One lucky person will win a $10 gift card to Target or Walmart!Winner's choice!

To enter to win: If you and your family have a favorite national park, tell me which one it is and why. If you don't, is there one that you would like to visit? (For ideas, the National Park Foundation has a beautiful photo gallery!)

Extra Entries (available after the mandatory entry above is completed; please leave a separate comment for each entry in order for them to be counted).1 Extra Entry (per method) if you Like Energizer on Facebook and/or follow them on Twitter.1 Extra Entry (per giveaway entered) - Enter any (or all) of the giveaways running on Thanks, Mail Carrier for the duration of this giveaway.1 Extra Entry if you follow me on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway by copying and pasting the tweet below and leaving me the link. Tweet daily for an extra entry every day!

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Giveaway will end on May 13th at 11:59pm CST. Do me the favor of leaving an email address or making absolutely sure it is visible in your profile, I have to have a way to contact the winner. The winner will be chosen by random.org and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to contact me or respond to notification or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.

A big thank you to Energizer for providing a $10 gift card for me as well as for one lucky giveaway winner. The opinions shared are my own and honest and if you really need to see more, click here to see how I roll.

I looked through all of them, and while the choice was hard, I chose Acadia National Park because it looks the prettiest, and I love water. That picture makes me want to jump in the middle of it all! lol